PwC's 2024 Asia-Pacific Consumer Insights Survey reveals that 63% of Vietnamese consumers intend to increase spending on essential goods over the next year, followed by 52% on clothing and 48% on healthcare products.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has requested iQIYI, China’s leading provider of online entertainment video services, to fully comply with local laws for cross-border paid streaming services.

The national e-commerce week will take place from November 25 to December 1, while the Vietnam Online Friday 2024 will run from the beginning of November 29 to noon of December 1, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The fourth Vietnam Card Day 2024 is set to take place in Hanoi between October 5 and 6 with the theme Open Banking, aiming to reach students and young people aged 15 to 40 who require convenient digital payment solutions and online transaction options.

VOV.VN - Alibaba, the world’s largest online B2B business platform, in collaboration with express shipping service providers UPS and DHL recently launched an online logistics service for Vietnamese sellers to facilitate the export of their goods to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Online Sale Day 2024 is scheduled to be held from August 8 to August 10 at https://onlineasean.com/, with the event attracting the participation of hundreds of e-commerce businesses from 10 ASEAN member countries.

The technical monitoring system of the Authority of Information Security (AIS), under the Ministry of Information and Communications, recorded 90,033 information security weaknesses and vulnerabilities of agencies and organisations in Vietnam last month.

Vietnamese consumers spent VND143.9 trillion (US$5.7 billion) buying 1.53 million items on five e-commerce platforms in the first half of this year, representing a rise of 54.91% and 65.55% over the same period last year, respectively, according market analysis firm Metric.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and Meta - the parent company of Facebook have launched the “Identifying Scams” campaign in Vietnam for 2024.

VOV.VN - The Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security stated on July 10 that they collaborated with police of the southern province of Khanh Hoa to smash a huge online betting ring for matches at the ongoing Euro 2024 and Copa America competitions, with transactions amounting to over VND500 billion.